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‪Just shakin it off for a class dance party and of course my 3rd graders wanted to wish @taylorswift a big happy birthday!!!‬

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She is so meow!

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‪i keep getting random urges to scream BABES DON’T THREATEN ME WITH A GOOD TIME‬

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No one:

My head: ooohhh woahhHHH it’s a CRUUUEEELL SUUUMERRRRRR

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Ahhh! ❤️❤️❤️❤️ @taylorswift

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Crazy that @taylorswift wrote a lyric from The Archer back in 2012.. about all her hero’s ending up alone. And by the way.. after reading all 4 of these.. she has made me want to start writing in diaries/journals so I can look back on them later in life! Wish I would have started several years agoooo! Oh the growth!!

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I’ve listened to Lover on repeat since release.. I HAVE to figure out a good costume/poster for tour!!

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The excitement.. the happiness.. the love this brought me!! Reading through all of @taylorswift diary entries gave me goosebumps. I experienced all of those times with her! I truly felt like I was like her best friend or something! It’s nice to have a friend. 💗 I love you so much Taylor!!! Absolutely loveeeee Lover! You continue to amaze!

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I was 16 years old when Taylor Swift released her first song (Tim McGraw) back in 2006. I connected with this song as I was in my first serious relationship with a country boy that had a Chevy truck. We went backroading all the time and Tim McGraw has always been one of my favorite country singers. I was a swiftie from then on! When I purchased the first album, so many songs related to me and my life at the time. When I heard Stay Beautiful, I was like, “Oh my gosh!! She is talking about a guy named Cory - my boyfriend’s name is Corey!” Corey was my first love. I annoyed him with this song many times. Unfortunately, that first love ended when I had found out he had cheated on me. I cried several times while listening to the song Cold As You. I was living this song, especially the part at the beginning about taking the very best of me and starting a fight to feel something. Once I got passed those emotions, I was still going through the sad phase but was starting to ask why and feeling some anger. I started playing Should’ve Said No as loud as I could, especially when I was driving. Finally, I was passed the sad/upset feelings and just plain mad. I switched up my jam to Picture To Burn. I connected with this song a ton. My ex, the country boy/redneck, drove an old orange Chevy truck. He was so into himself.

When Fearless came out, I loved all the songs! You Belong With Me came out right as I was experiencing a new relationship, so this song really hit home. We were friends and I definitely wanted to be more but he was still chasing after another girl. Finally, we decided to date. Fast forward a couple years and we married and he left to be a Marine. We eventually welcomed a child into the world. I fell in love with Never Grow Up from the Speak Now album and would sing it to my daughter every night as I was rocking her. This is when she became a swiftie! :) That song… amazing. I cry everytime I listen to this song, even 6 years later. My daughter still asks to listen to it.

Things got really bad in my marriage - dealing with emotional and physical abuse, watching the person you love choose drugs over their family, a lot of stealing going on, and having affairs - I had finally decided to walk away. I went back to the Fearless album and turned to You’re Not Sorry. This song - man it’s good! It was finally the last straw for me, I had given so many chances to this man. I was tired of hurting! I finally realized he was never sorry for what he was doing. The looking so innocent, might believe you if I didn’t know part of the song was so fitting!

Several months later, when I finally felt confident in my decision to walk away from my marriage, I found comfort in the song Mean from the Speak Now album - as I was constantly beat down from him. I felt confident that someday I would be something and be completely happy with myself. When Red came out, I found some more comfort in I Knew You Were Trouble. When I had first started that relationship (before we had gotten married) there were quite a few red flags.

Today, I am (almost) 28 years old, still a single momma to my 6 year old daughter. Since ending my marriage, I attended college and received a degree in teaching. I am a 3rd grade teacher and loving it! Trying to show my daughter that it’s important to not need a man to be complete, be confident, don’t let anybody bring you down, people are going to be mean, you’ll have your heart broken, your young adult time in life is both magical and miserable and a time to feel happy, free, confused, and lonely all at the same time, and when you drown - you can actually begin to breathe.

My love for Taylor has only grown since. Just when I didn’t think 1989 could be beat, Reputation came out and oh my lanta! I am attending the Reputation Tour on September 8th in Kansas City. Watching all the videos and looking at all the pictures from the other cities so far is making it so hard to wait until September!! 83 days! I just might have a special little guest with me and you are going to rock her world! Thank you so much Taylor for helping me the last 12 years get through several hard times!! @taylorswift @taylornation

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‪I’ve been doing Rachel Hollis Start Today journal each day, I write 5 things I’m grateful for & 10 dreams daily. Daily, I write that I’m grateful for @taylorswift & a dream is that I will one day meet her! It gives me chills thinking about it! 💗‬

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Really really at a time in my life where I NEED to drown myself into the music on Lover. Wake me up when it’s August 23rd please! @taylorswift

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‪I’ve been doing Rachel Hollis Start Today journal each day, I write 5 things I’m grateful for & 10 dreams daily. Daily, I write that I’m grateful for @taylorswift & a dream is that I will one day meet her! It gives me chills thinking about it! 💗‬

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During my darkest moments, when I’ve felt most alone, Taylor was the only one who truly was there and always will be

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“It’s 2am, I’m on tumblr again”

— Lyrics from Lover, probably (via carlylala)

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the archer + track 5 parallels

cold as you - so i start a fight cause i need to feel something // screaming ‘who could ever leave me, darling, but who could stay’ - she’s so lost in her herself that she has to lash out to even start to process her internal struggle of liking herself

white horse - that was a small town, there in my rear view mirror disappearing now // I jump off the train, I ride off alone - she’s trying to escape what has held her down in the past and tries to find strength within herself

dear john - the girl in the dress cried the whole way home, I should've known // and I cut off my nose just to spite my face, then I hate my reflection for years and years - she sacrificed a part of herself to be satisfied in the moment, but it caused more pain in the long run and the only way she could heal was to go back and accept herself the way she is

all too well - and i know it’s long gone, and that magic’s not here no more, i might be okay but i’m not fine at all // and all of my heroes die off alone, help me hold on to you - she’s reminiscing on what she used to cherish (relationship/people to look up to) but she realizes that these things come to an end, and she wants to hold onto this happiness that she has

all you had to do was stay - why’d you have to go and lock me out when i let you in // cause all of my enemies started out friends - the people that she trusted the most turned her back when she needed them the most

delicate - my reputation’s never been worse so, you must like me for me // but who could stay? you could stay - even when everyone has gone against her, even when she doesn’t quite trust/love herself, she found someone who likes her for who she is, and reminds her of that

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I was 16 years old when Taylor Swift released her first song (Tim McGraw) back in 2006. I connected with this song as I was in my first serious relationship with a country boy that had a Chevy truck. We went backroading all the time and Tim McGraw has always been one of my favorite country singers. I was a swiftie from then on! When I purchased the first album, so many songs related to me and my life at the time. When I heard Stay Beautiful, I was like, “Oh my gosh!! She is talking about a guy named Cory - my boyfriend’s name is Corey!” Corey was my first love. I annoyed him with this song many times. Unfortunately, that first love ended when I had found out he had cheated on me. I cried several times while listening to the song Cold As You. I was living this song, especially the part at the beginning about taking the very best of me and starting a fight to feel something. Once I got passed those emotions, I was still going through the sad phase but was starting to ask why and feeling some anger. I started playing Should’ve Said No as loud as I could, especially when I was driving. Finally, I was passed the sad/upset feelings and just plain mad. I switched up my jam to Picture To Burn. I connected with this song a ton. My ex, the country boy/redneck, drove an old orange Chevy truck. He was so into himself.

When Fearless came out, I loved all the songs! You Belong With Me came out right as I was experiencing a new relationship, so this song really hit home. We were friends and I definitely wanted to be more but he was still chasing after another girl. Finally, we decided to date. Fast forward a couple years and we married and he left to be a Marine. We eventually welcomed a child into the world. I fell in love with Never Grow Up from the Speak Now album and would sing it to my daughter every night as I was rocking her. This is when she became a swiftie! :) That song… amazing. I cry everytime I listen to this song, even 6 years later. My daughter still asks to listen to it.

Things got really bad in my marriage - dealing with emotional and physical abuse, watching the person you love choose drugs over their family, a lot of stealing going on, and having affairs - I had finally decided to walk away. I went back to the Fearless album and turned to You’re Not Sorry. This song - man it’s good! It was finally the last straw for me, I had given so many chances to this man. I was tired of hurting! I finally realized he was never sorry for what he was doing. The looking so innocent, might believe you if I didn’t know part of the song was so fitting!

Several months later, when I finally felt confident in my decision to walk away from my marriage, I found comfort in the song Mean from the Speak Now album - as I was constantly beat down from him. I felt confident that someday I would be something and be completely happy with myself. When Red came out, I found some more comfort in I Knew You Were Trouble. When I had first started that relationship (before we had gotten married) there were quite a few red flags.

Today, I am (almost) 28 years old, still a single momma to my 6 year old daughter. Since ending my marriage, I attended college and received a degree in teaching. I am a 3rd grade teacher and loving it! Trying to show my daughter that it’s important to not need a man to be complete, be confident, don’t let anybody bring you down, people are going to be mean, you’ll have your heart broken, your young adult time in life is both magical and miserable and a time to feel happy, free, confused, and lonely all at the same time, and when you drown - you can actually begin to breathe.

My love for Taylor has only grown since. Just when I didn’t think 1989 could be beat, Reputation came out and oh my lanta! I am attending the Reputation Tour on September 8th in Kansas City. Watching all the videos and looking at all the pictures from the other cities so far is making it so hard to wait until September!! 83 days! I just might have a special little guest with me and you are going to rock her world! Thank you so much Taylor for helping me the last 12 years get through several hard times!! @taylorswift @taylornation

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The only thing making going back to school easier is knowing that I get to see @taylorswift shortly after!! 37 days! Eeek! @taylornation